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66 -- MASS SPECTROMETER SOL 53SBNB860089 DUE 062598 POC Teresa A. Reefe, Contract Specialist (301) 975-6364 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6, AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ No. 53SBNB860089) under authority of the test program for certain commercial items cited in FAR Subpart 13.5. The solicitation clauses and provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-04. This requirement is unrestricted. The SIC code is 3826 and the related small business size standard is 500 employees. The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's) Analytical Chemistry Division has a requirement for a mass spectrometer to be used to analyze gaseous mixtures. The system must be configured with a gas manifold that is capable of analysis of gas cylinders at high pressure or from low pressure sources such as used in atmospheric sampling systems. The system must also be capable of separation of helium from deuterium at mass 4. The Contract Line Item Numbers (CLIN), quantities, and unit issue are as follows: CLIN 0001, Mass Spectrometer System, one (1) each; and CLIN 0002, Installation and Training, one (1) lot. The following are the technical specifications of the system: 1) The system must be configured to have both Faraday Cup and Electron Multiplier detectors selectable at all times. The system shall be programmed to use the Faraday Cup to detect specific ions in a given spectrum and to use the Electron Multiplier to detect other ions in the same spectrum which is useful since the Faraday Cup is better for quantification purposes and the Electron Multiplier is better for increased sensitivity to detect minor constituents; 2) The electron multiplier shall be operated in the analog mode for standard low level constituent detection or operated in the counting mode to achieve parts per billion detection capability; 3) The system shall be equipped with 500 LPM pumping system to keep background levels low, thus allowing the detection of trace constituents. System shall also be equipped with metal conflat seals to reduce leaks from outside sources. This is critical to maintain low background levels; 4) The system shall be able to be set to operate in the high resolution mode. This feature is necessary to enable the separation of D2 and He at mass 4. These two species differ in mass by 0.0256 atomic mass units. The software mass command DAC shall have, as a minimum, 16 bit resolution to enable a precision of 0.001 atomic mass units in mass position.; 5) The system shall be equipped with inlet system which enables it to sample from high pressure sources and from low pressure sources.; 6) The system shall be able to be set to scan from 1amu to 300 amu. The system shall be delivered FOB destination, 180 days after award at NIST, Building 227, Room A120, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. Installation and Training dates shall be arranged with the designated Contracting Officer's Technical Representititve (COTR) after system is delivered. The provisions at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following non-price factors in descending order of importance shall be used to evaluate offers: 1) Technical Capability to meet the agency need and 2) Past Performance. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition, including subparagraphs (1) 52.203-6, (3) 52.219-8, (6) 52.222-26, (7) 52.222-35, (8) 52.222-36, (9) 52.222-37, (10) 52.225-3, (11) 52.225-9, and Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level Above the Contracting Officer, which can be downloaded from the NIST Web Page located at http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/protest.htm. All offerors shall submit the following: 1) Three (3) copies of quotation which addresses CLIN 0001 and CLIN 0002; 2) Technical description and/or product literature; 3) Description of commercial warranty; 4) Two (2) copies of the most recent published price list(s); 5) A list of two (2) contracts/purchase orders completed during the past three years for similar equipment with the following information: name of contracting activity, contract number, contract type, total contract value, contracting office and telephone number, and program manager and telephone number; 6) A completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items which may be downloaded from http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/repcert.htm. All offers should be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Building 301, Room B117, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. For information, call the POC identified above. Submission must be received by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June 25, 1998. Faxed offers will not be accepted. (0162)

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